The best space images from 2024
[ad_1] The Penguin and the compact elliptical galaxy the Egg NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has now been focusing its powerful
Elon Musk’s brain-implant firm Neuralink did its first tests in 2024
[ad_1] Noland Arbaugh was the first person to receive a Neuralink brain implant John Francis Peters Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface (BCI) company Neuralink grabbed headlines
The scientific secrets to baking the perfect holiday gingerbread
[ad_1] It wouldn’t be Christmas without the smell of freshly baked gingerbread wafting through the house. With a blend of warming spices and rich molasses,
The Anthropocene was officially spurned in 2024, but the idea lives on
[ad_1] Researchers collecting a sediment core sample from Crawford Lake, Canada Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images A long-standing effort to formally place the Anthropocene on the
Our bumper science quiz of the year 2024
[ad_1] From a fish with a tiny brain to the world’s oldest cheese, we have reported on plenty of strange and unusual science discoveries this
Are quantum computers now advanced enough to need operating systems?
[ad_1] Quantum hardware is advancing fast. Can quantum software keep up? Bartlomiej Wroblewski/Getty Images A quantum computing start-up is developing its own operating system to
Ancient hominin Lucy was a lousy runner, simulations show
[ad_1] Lucy, the fossil hominin who lived around 3.2 million years ago, would have been no match for modern humans in a running race. Even
Ultra-thin diamond wafers for electronics made using sticky tape
[ad_1] This thin wafer of diamond is also very flexible Nature, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08218-x A new way to make ultra-thin diamond wafers using sticky tape could
Microrobot swarms mimic ant-like feats of strength
[ad_1] The sand-grain-sized robots work cooperatively, similar to ants Jeong Jae Wie et al. Swarms of tiny robots guided by magnetic fields can coordinate to
2024 saw the first living people to receive pig kidney transplants
[ad_1] Robert Montgomery with a gene-edited pig kidney in the operating room during a xenotransplantation Joe Carrotta/NYU Langone Health On 16 March, Richard Slayman became